2The Daily Tar HeelMonday, March 23. 1987
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By MICHAEL A. JORDAN
Staff Writer
Recent discoveries of dangerously
high concentrations of radon in
other areas of the country' prompted
the N.C. Department of Human
Resources to institute a survey of
radon levels in the state, said Mel
Fry. deputy chief of the radiation
protection section of the department.
"1 think most states are taking a
preliminary look at their radon levels
right now." he said.
At the request of the department.
James Watson Jr., UNC associate
professor of environmental science
and engineering, is conducting the
survey.
Radon is a poisonous gas formed
by the decay of uranium in under
ground deposits of bedrock. Fry
said.
The' Department of Human
Resources released a preliminary
"Bill seeks to make EngKsk state
Dy NEIL WATSON
Staff Writer
A bill to make English the official
language of North Carolina was
unanimously approved by a state
Senate committee last week.
The bill was not designed to
correct an existing problem, but to
avoid problems that have developed
in other states, said Sen. Franklin
Block, D-New Hanover, the bill's
sponsor.
"We want to set the policy of the
state so that everybody knows
English is the official language," he
Students to discuss ordinance
Student Government will hold a
meeting for all students interested in
opposing recent actions of the
Chapel Hill Town Council, including
passage of a new noise ordinance and
denial of a noise permit for Pi Kappa
Phi's annual Burnout party.
The meeting will be held Tuesday
at 3:30 p.m. in 224 Student Union.
Student Body President Brian
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report on the surveys findings last
week. At that time, samples from
only 88 of the 100 counties had been
analyzed.
Watson said he was pleased with
the findings because few areas
showed unusually high levels of the
poisonous radon gas.
"Only one iiieasurement (in
Orange county) exceeded the EPA
guideline, and that one was only
barely higher than the guideline,"
Watson said. "Thus, we did not
detect any high levels in Orange
county."
Watson said he received no special
funding for the project so he cut the
costs of making the radon detection
devices and enlisted the help of a
graduate student and a visiting
professor who helped analyze the
results of the survey.
Because of limited funding, Wat
son was only able to study 500
said.
Block said movements in other
states to teach school in the language
spoken at home have led to serious
problems.
Students could wind up in a
"linguistic ghetto," never learning to
speak English and consequentially
having limited opportunities, he said.
"The bill is in no way intended
to be a punitive act," Block said. "It
is not intended to keep people from
coming to North Carolina, but to
encourage people who don't speak
English, especially children, to learn
Bailey' and Student Congress
Speaker Rob Friedman said that
Student Government was "very
disturbed" by the council's actions.
"There is no excuse for students
not to come, unless they never go
to parties and they just don't care,"
Friedman said.
"It's very important that students
come to the meeting."
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state radloe levels
residences in North Carolina, Fry
said.
"Five hundred is a relatively small
number of samples for the entire
state." Watson said. "1 dont think
there is a large area with high
concentrations, but there certainly
may be some areas with high con
centrations that we missed."
The highest concentration of
radon measured was in Transylvania
county, which had one area with
30.90 picocuries of radon per liter
(pCi1). Four counties Chatham,
Gates, Hyde and Richmond
reported areas with no trace of radon
whatsoever.
There has never been a systematic
measure of the radon levels at the
University, although a former stu
dent conducted an informal study a
few years ago which found no
danger, he said.
to speak it as quickly as possible."
Block said he was not opposed to
bilingualism, noting that he insisted
his children learn a foreign language.
"Bilingualism is important and
should be encouraged as long as one
of the languages is English," he said.
"We are not encouraging people
to forget their heritage," Block said,
"but there needs to be a line drawn
between what you do privately and
what you do publicly."
When people go to France or
Spain, they are expected to learn
French or Spanish, Block said.
U.S. congressmen
to speak at forum
Fourth District Rep. David
Price, D-N.C, will hold a forum
today at 1 1 :30 a.m. in 224 Student
Union to discuss the direction of
U.S. foreign policy. Rep. Dave
McCurdy, D-Okla., and Rep.
John Spratt, D-S.C, will also
participate in the forum.
The speeches are part of a
nationwide program, "Forum for
the Future," which brings Demo
cratic , congressional representa
tives to college campuses.
Price, McCurdy and Spratt will
hold a press conference in 355
Hamilton at 9:20 a.m.
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Watson said concentrations ol
radon up to 4.00 pCi1 are not
abnormal in residential areas. A
concentration of over 4.00 pCil is
above average, he said.
Citing the Reading Prong geolog
ical region located in New Jersey
where radon levels sometimes
exceeded 1000 pCi1 as an example,
Watson said levels exceeding 4.00
pCi I can present an extremely
potent health hazard.
11 high levels of radon are found
in a house, major changes may be
necessary to alleviate the danger. For
example, Watson said the cost of
eliminating the danger of a 500 pCi;
1 concentration of radon would be
about $3,000.
- But most problems can be negated
by simple changes in ventilation,
especially if the house has a crawl
space beneath it. he said.
langiaage.
Loren Muse, a graduate student
who teaches English as a Second
Language, said it was more difficult
for a student to learn subjects such
as science or history in a language
other than his or her native tongue.
"But even though it may be easier
to teach a student in his native
language, I feel that in America you
should expect to have to speak
English and be able to do so," she
said.
Block said little opposition had
been expressed to the bill and it had
a good chance of passing.
Women's world of work opportunity
started to widen during World War II
By LAURA PEARLMAN
Staff Writer
Although World War II opened
a "window of opportunity" for
women to enter the work force, that
window closed for many women
after the war was over, a represen
tative of UNC's Institute for
Research of Social Science said in
a speech Saturday.
Susan Levine, associate editor of
the institute, delivered a speech to
the Orange County Women's Center
as part of the organization's celebra
tion of Women's History Month.
In the speech, "Women and Work
During World War II," Levine
discussed how women's roles in
societyiwere altered by the war. She
deribetfthVw as a "window of
opportunity for women that opened
during the war and closed
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Aquino says peace failed,
orders army to crush rebels
From Associated Press reports -
BAGUIO CITY, Philippines
Speaking from a bomb
damaged grandstand, President
Corazon Aquino said Sunday her
peace policy had failed and she
ordered the military to crush
Communist rebels and rightist
plotters.
"God knows I have tried," she
said at graduation ceremonies at
the Philippine Military Academy.
"But my offers of peace and '
reconciliation have been met with
the most bloody and insolent
rejections by the left and the
right."
She vowed to eliminate the foes
of freedom , there before leaving
office and complained that Amer
ica was just giving advice instead
of the aid it promised.
Soviet says 'zero option1 a bluff
MOSCOW Veteran arms
control negotiator Viktor Karpov
said Sunday the United States
might be trying to scuttle break
throughs in medium-range missile
talks with demands about short
range nuclear weapons and with
other proposals.
"There is increasing evidence
that the United States does not
really desire the elimination of
medium-range missiles in Europe,
that the 'zero option' was a bluff
from the very outset," Karpov
said.
Elimination of medium-range
missiles in Europe, the so-called
afterwards." 1 .
The temporary condition of the
woman's place in the work force
during World War II was enforced
by the types of benefits that employ
ers offered as a lure to get the women
to work outside the home. :
Child care, banking, shopping
services, higher wages and education
in skilled areas were offered as
incentives for women to work,
Levine said. Unfortunately most of
the promised benefits were never
even developed, and when the men
returned from the battlefield, . the
benefits were abandoned completely.
Levine said after the war was over
working women continued perform
ing their jobs as many other women
began , to , hold ' jobs outside . their"
homes, making them a significant
part of the work force.
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"zero option," was initially pro
posed by President Reagan in his
first term.
Progress toward an agreement
was blocked by the Soviet-U.S.
wrangling over U.S. deployments
of medium-range missiles, the
announcement of the U.S. "Star
Wars" research program and
other issues.
Minister to get SI J million
ORLANDO, Florida A
millionaire dog track owner said
Sunday he'll go on national
television to personally give $1.3
million to evangelist Oral
Roberts, but said the gift had
nothing to do with Roberts' claim
that he might die if he didn't reach
a fund-raising drive goal.
Roberts said in March 1986
that God had given him a year
to raise $8 million for scholar
ships so the Oral Roberts Uni
versity's medical-school gradu
ates could afford to be
missionaries in Third World
countries."
Benefactor Jerry Collins is not
a follower of Roberts and said
he's donating the final $1.3
million to help the medical pro
gniiiv not because the television
evangelist said God would "call
him home" at the end of March
if the fund-raising drive failed.
"The wage earner was no longer
young," she said. "Rather, she was
a mother and probably planned to .
work outside the home for most of l
her adult life.
"World War II was not unique in :
drawing women into the work place .'.
and putting them into men's posi-
tions," Levine said. "What made '.
World War II different from past !
wars is that it occured after a century "
of gradual women's moves to the I
workplace." '
Levine closed her speech by '
expressing the importance of keep- I
ing the "window of opportunity"
open. She said that women must -continue
to fight for equal pay for; I
equal work, and must remain a '
visible part of the work force the; '
position for which they struggled
ter World War II. , .:
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